Mary Ruth McDonald
Professor
Ontario Agricultural College
Department of Plant Agriculture
Guelph, Ontario
mrmcdona@uoguelph.ca
Office:
(519) 824-4120 ext. 52791
Expert In
Artichokes
Asian crucifer crop
Bulb crop
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery
Chives
Crop disease management
Crop Protection
Crucifer crops
Insect pest and diseases
Integrated crop management
Integrated pest management
Leafy vegetables
Lettuce
Onions
Pesticides
Plant breeding and entomology
Plant nutrition
Plant pathology
Plant physiology
Root crop
Sustainable vegetable production
Vegetable crop
Bio/Research
Dr. McDonald conducts basic and applied research on crop protection and integrated pest management of vegetable crops, with emphasis on onions and carrots. She also has an extensive research program on the disease clubroot, of canola and brassica vegetables. Her work on crop protection incorporat...
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Bio/Research
Dr. McDonald conducts basic and applied research on crop protection and integrated pest management of vegetable crops, with emphasis on onions and carrots. She also has an extensive research program on the disease clubroot, of canola and brassica vegetables. Her work on crop protection incorporates conventional and biological crop protection materials, in addition to host resistance and cultural controls such as crop rotation and polarization.
McDonald has been an invited speaker at international and national conferences on "The Future of Crop Protection", "Sustainable Agriculture" and topics related to the use of drones in the detection of plant diseases and insect pests.
She also has expertise in vegetable production on high organic matter (muck) soils and on phosphorous requirements on these soils, and in the use of biochar in vegetable production.
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McDonald has been an invited speaker at international and national conferences on "The Future of Crop Protection", "Sustainable Agriculture" and topics related to the use of drones in the detection of plant diseases and insect pests.
She also has expertise in vegetable production on high organic matter (muck) soils and on phosphorous requirements on these soils, and in the use of biochar in vegetable production.
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